"Really? If I could hate my trainer? That would be ideal. I'd prefer to despise this person with the fire of ten thousand suns. So when I walk - nay, crawl - out of here at the end of my workouts, I want to lull myself to sleep by picturing my very talented and inspirational trainer getting hit by a bus. A bus that I am driving."

Source : Jen Lancaster (2007). “Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?”, p.352, Penguin

Jen Lancaster

#Workout Quotes #Hate Quotes #Sleep Quotes

“That's what cricket's all about: two batsmen pitting their wits against one another”
“While the space for artists and curators has increased enormously, maybe, just maybe, that's left room for too many people calling themselves artists and curators who are simply not up to the term.”
“Consistency is the most overrated of all human virtues... I'm someone who changes his mind all the time.”
“As soon as one identifies, challenges and overcomes illegitimate power, he or she is an anarchist. Most people are anarchists. What they call themselves doesnâ€™t matter to me. The world is full of suffering, distress, violence and catastrophes. Students must decide: does something concern you or not? I say: look around, analyze the problems, ask yourself what you can do and set out on the work!”
“When you really want something, and you couple that with an understanding of your nature, of your spiritual being, and the laws that govern you, you will keep going, regardless of what's happened. Nothing will stop you.”
“Anger is not an accepted thing for women. And, you know, I do get angry. I feel its a very honest emotion.”

Source : "Here's What Happened When Gillian Flynn Interviewed Rosamund Pike About Gone Girl for Glamour's October Issue". Interview with Gillian Flynn, www.glamour.com. September 9, 2014.
“I've always been pretty tough in that way, where if you tell me I can't do something, I will prove you wrong.”
“Men prefer to believe that they are degenerated angels, rather than elevated apes.”

Source : William Winwood Reade (1874). “The Martyrdom of Man”, p.395

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